Pamela Brennan
Newport Beach, CA 92663
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EXPERIENCE
Vail Dunlap & Associates, Irvine, CA - Project coordinator July 2022 - June 2023
● Supported integration of a sales team arising from a recent acquisition into the Vail Dunlap processes and systems including transitioning the group from Sage to SmartBooks
● Maintained and prepared project documentation, liaised with suppliers, and provided a point of contact for all project stakeholders Beach Mailing & Printing, Santa Ana, CA - Owner
August 2006 - November 2019
● Established, owned and operated a commercial bulk mail advertising and printing company specializing in automotive service, vehicle financing and political advertising
● Worked directly with customers to understand their specific technical and schedule needs, prepared bids and contract materials.
● Managed and scheduled work for a team of up to eight employees to ensure the smooth and efficient running of all production operations including high capacity printing presses, mailing automation equipment
(high speed address printing, letter folding, insertion and tabbing)
● Held licenses with the USPS and liaised with them to ensure timely delivery of time sensitive advertising and marketing materials to recipients throughout the USA
● Managed all billing and accounting operations associated with the business using Quickbooks
Mailerlists, Aliso Viejo, CA - Automotive direct mail list specialist July 2001 - August 2006
● Worked directly with automotive dealership sales, service and IT managers to determine target customers for bulk advertising campaigns.
● Interfaced with automotive dealership management system (DMS) software including Reynolds & Reynolds and CDK to extract customer contact details for bulk mail marketing programs
● Worked with DMV and other providers of customer contact data to generate lists for bulk mail marketing programs
● Cleaned and validated customer address lists using Satori Bulk Mailer software to ensure acceptance by USPS for competitive bulk mailing postage rates
EDUCATION
Principia College, Elsah IL - Undergraduate studies September 1989 - June 1994
Majored in English literature and writing.
SKILLS
Excellent communicator with good interpersonal skills and an ability to build and motivate highly productive teams.
A self starter and quick learner who responds well to fast moving environments and demonstrates an ability to identify and implement process improvements where appropriate. Extremely trustworthy and discrete. Experienced user of Microsoft Word, Excel (including macros) and Powerpoint as well as Google Docs and Sheets. Previous experience with several business software packages including ACT, Quickbooks and Smartbooks